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    “‘Gradually it became clear that more and more young people were having health problems,’ Carolina Capasso conveys. [The authorities think these recurring disasters are not accidents but people that are not being careful with the disposal of waste.] ‘They had allergies, leukaemia, various tumours. And as they grew older one would die of cancer, and gradually we began to realise that there was something wrong. In 2009, my son started to feel bad and we found out he had cancer: a kid of 21.’ [She blames

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    Has the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino affected migration worldwide? Migration has taken place since the beginning of time. Today, people migrate to new countries for many reasons: poverty, armed conflict, social strife, political turmoil, and economic hardships (Root Causes of Migration - Fact Sheet). The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino has had an major influence on the current migration patterns which has affected the world economically, politically

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    In 1989, history in the West abruptly shifted course. The communist regimes in Eastern Europe fell, severing these nations’ ties to the Soviet Union and sparking unprecedented political and economic reforms. Two years later, the Soviet Union itself disintegrated. The Cold War ended along with it, a sharply defined historical era stretching back to 1914. The end of the Cold War renewed the commitment to democracy and capitalism in the West, accelerated the existing movement toward unification in Europe

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    The traditional view of the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy is that Parliament is legislatively omnicompetent. Parliamentary supremacy was also referred to as ‘parliamentary sovereignty’ by A.V Dicey. He used this to describe the idea of “the power of law-making unrestricted by any legal limit”, he basically used it to describe a legal concept. This legal concept was “the right to make or unmake any law whatsoever, and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the laws of England as

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    The world is growing at such an intensely fast rate that it can’t keep up with itself. Looking at countries like China and India that are just piling on top of each other, one gets a bit of an understanding of just how cram packed the world has become. With one billion people in India, a region half the size of the U.S, we can see that this could create a problem if there was a disaster, or an internal issue in that nation. Europe is now faced with one of the biggest influx of people that it has

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    Country Study Project – Poland Background Physicians Formula is privately held cosmetics company based in the USA. The company was established in 1937 by a physician who developed a line of skin-care and make-up products for patients with skin conditions. The company manufactures and distributes its products through retailers such as department, drug and other mass-market stores. In addition to the USA, the company sells its products in Canada, Latin America, Australia, South Africa and France where

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    The usefulness of sludge sewage also known as bio solids in the environment can’t be overemphasized. According to Renner, millions of tons of sewage sludge is produced each year[1]. Land filling, incineration and land application are the possible options for the disposal of the bio solids resulting from the waste water treatment. Approximately six million tons of treated sludge produced annually in the U.S is applied to the farmland[6]. This method of disposal is favored above the other methods

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    Greek economy was not prepared to deal with the economic downturn, because of its large gap between revenue and expenditures. Since the Greeks were under the control of the Ottoman Empire for four hundred years, they were economically isolated from European intellectual movements such as, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and some parts of the Industrial Revolution. As a result, the country and its economy had to catch up to the rest of Europe. The modern Greece economy began with the implementation

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    duction My country is France, I chose France as my country because it’s capital is the most romantic place on earth. France is located in Western Europe. The capital of France is Paris. The president of France is . One of its most well known landforms is the Eiffel Tower. Another is The Louvre which is an art museum. Paris is known worldwide for its couture fashion houses. Another reason I chose France is because I’ve always wanted to go there.   Climate & Geology France has long hot summers

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    How are these elements, dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in the nation? Culture affects the values, attitudes and beliefs of the people of a country. Hofstede refers to this aspect of culture as “the programming of the mind.” Studying a culture helps understand how and why people respond in certain ways in certain situations. Therefore, when studying a culture it is important to examine values, attitudes, beliefs, practices and artifacts in such detail that we have an understanding

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